Message from @༺པརབྱར།བསངཇ༻
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The different between media and analytical in this arena is basically degrees of deftness.
I DISAGREE
THE MEDIA SHEEP ARE LOOKING AT OBJECTS IN A SINGLE DIMENSION
BASED ON THEIR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE INDIVIDUAL
SOMEONE WHO THINKS THE CIVIL WAR IS ABOUT SLAVERY IS MISTAKING POLITICAL SYMBOLISM FOR REALITY, FOR EXAMPLE
SAME WAY SOMEONE WHO CARES TOO MUCH ABOUT FORD VS CHEVY
Slavery became symbolic but it wasn't merely a symbol
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WAR, IT WAS A SYMBOL
THE ACTUAL MOTIVATION WAS ELSEWHERE
AS THE MORE NUANCED, COMPLEX HISTORY SHOWS
Cool, I get reddit "muh logical fallacy" response (in caps), then you passive aggressively talk about me to vigilance when I'm not here.
You're a faggot.
The latter isn't in dispute. The former, well, slavery as a force of moral rhetoric that carried practical consequences certainly functions better at building momentum than, I dunno, whether to federally enact trade barriers or free trade.
SLAVERY WAS ALREADY DOOMED
THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER TO LET THE MARKET DO IT OR NOT
WITH THE RISE OF LABOR SAVING DEVICES, IT WAS EASY TO SIMPLY HIRE PEOPLE
That isn't important
NO PENSIONS
IT IS VITAL
YOU ARE TRYING TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRETEXT AND CAUSE
no it isn't because we are talking in hindsight not what was apparent to people who were having real debates over policies back then.
ONE MUST NOT CONFUSE POLITICAL SYMBOLS WITH REALITY
VOTERS DO NOT LIKE NUANCE
WAS FERGUSON REALLY ABOUT MIKE BROWN?
Well then join me in nuance man
Hail trump
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vaishya party hour.
Lecturing me on the kshatriya phiosopher.
NUANCE REQUIRES LOOKING AT THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE
AND THAT IS USUALLY ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC, NOT SYMBOLIC
BUT SYMBOLISM IS HOW ONE ACQUIRES VOTES
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nevermind
"Nuance" means never making any specific reference to texts or their history and instead using them in a ham-fisted way in support of temporal political goals.
THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR ARE COMPLEX BUT GO WAY BACK TO THE TENSION BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN STATES
THIS EXPANDED OVER TIME
MOST WARS ARE ECONOMIC
Ok Marx.
My self-proclaimed red-feminist professor agrees with you.